“On your planet, how do you tell somebody that you love her?” “It’s very complicated. You say, ‘I love you,’… — James Morrow

“Zolmec,” said Nazra, “has always taught that the greatest words are ‘I could very well be wrong.’”

It was not a question of regressive old ideas versus enlightened new ideas, but of reasonable caution versus arrogant caprice.

Children, being close to the ground, have a special rapport with insects.